20th Century Books
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14 Rue du Centre: Neuilly Sur Seine (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This rare book was privately published in 1961 by the then owner of the property Arturo Lopez-Willshaw, only 300 were published to be given to friends. This copy which is number 36, which was a gift to Salvador Dali and his wife.. The Lopez-Willshaw's were member of the cafe society centred around Paris, they were fabulously wealthy and furnished the house with museum quality pieces of furniture and art. He was a particular friend of one of the other members of the cafe society - Baron Alexis de Rede...
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20th Century Books
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Heritage of England Silver, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Heritage of England: Silver Through Ten Reigns by James Charles. London: Asprey and Co., 1983. First edition hardcover, no dust jacket as issued. Exhibit...
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English 20th Century Books
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Paper
November Girl - Sam Haskins - Signed 1st Edition, Madison Square Press, 1967
By Sam Haskins
Located in London, GB
Signed First Edition, Published by Madison Square Press, New York, 1967.
Arguably his greatest single work, ‘November Girl’ continues to exert a powerful and widespread influence on...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Thomas Tompion His Life & Work by R.W. Symonds, First Edition
By R.W. Symonds
Located in valatie, NY
Thomas Tompion His Life and Work by R.W. Symonds. New York: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1951. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 320 pp. Thomas Tompion (...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
"Wrought Iron and It's Decorative Use" by Maxwell Ayrton & Arnold Silcock
By Maxwell Ayrton, Arnold Silcock
Located in valatie, NY
Wrought iron and its decorative use by Maxwell Ayrton and Arnold Silcock. New York: Charles Scriber's Sons, 1929. Hardcover with no dust jacket. 196 pp. An informative reference book...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
American Furniture, The Federal Period by Charles F. Montgomery
Located in valatie, NY
American Furniture, The Federal Period by Charles F. Montgomery. New York: The Viking Press, 1966. Hardcover with dust jacket. 496 pp. A large reference book on American federal period furniture...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Fine Porcelain & Pottery by Stanley W. Fisher
Located in valatie, NY
Fine Porcelain & Pottery, The Best of the World's Beautiful China by Stanley W. Fisher. New York: Galahad Books, 1974. Hardcover and dust jacket with a protective glassine wrap. A pi...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
"White Towers" Book by Paul Hirshorn and Steven Izenour, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
White Towers by Paul Hirshorn and Steven Izenour. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1979. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 189 pp. A photographic essay of the iconic designs for the White Tower Hamburger Restaurants. The chain was founded in 1926 by John E. Saxe and Thomas E. Saxe in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It peaked in popularity during the 1950s when the company achieved 230 store locations...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Erich Dieckmann:- Praktiker Der Avantgarde Mobelbau, 1921-1933 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A soft covered catalogue produced by the Vitra Design Museum having 182 pages with 99 black & white illustrations and 29 full colour plates and text in german. Showcasing the work of...
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20th Century Books
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Parfumerien & Toiletteseifen Mouson & Co. Frankfurt (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Catalogue of Perfumes, Toiletries and Cosmetics
A rare sale catalogue of luxury goods including perfumes, toiletries and soaps from the early years of the twentieth century produced ...
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20th Century Books
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Mobel & Wohnraum: Furniture & Rooms (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A hard back book published in 1946, about household furniture, its construction and room sets designed around it. As Europe was struggling to get back to some sort of normality the f...
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20th Century Books
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"Cape Furniture" Book by M. G. Atmore
By M.G. Atmore
Located in valatie, NY
Cape Furniture by M. G. Atmore. Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1965. Hardcover with dust jacket. 244 pp. A comprehensive study of antique furniture made in Cape Cod Massachusetts. It includes chapters on chairs, seated furniture, tables and sideboards, cupboards and cabinets, armoires and wardrobes...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Happy Times by Brendan Gill and Jerome Zerbe (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A very good copy of this photographic social history which was compiled by Brendan Gill from the extraordinary private archive of approximately fifty thousand photographs taken by Jerome Zerbe,. For over forty years , Zerbe has crisscrossed the world in pursuit of festive occasions; here are five hundred of his best pictures - racy, impudent, amused - which amount to a novel composed by a camera and having for plot the playful housrs of the young, the rich, the beautiful, and the celebrated. For many years Zerbe was the official photographer for El Morocco which became for a period the most famous night club in the world where he photographed the rich and famous at play. During his career he also spent time as wartime photographer and captured pictures of the Japanese surrender...
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20th Century Books
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The Work of Rex Whistler (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Rex Whistler had an amazing career which was cut short when at the age of just 39, he was killed in action during the second world war. During his short twenty year career he encompassed all areas of art and design - from sets for theatre and ballet, book illustrations his most famous being Gulliver's Travels, mural painting in large country houses and portrait painting. He designed the Cafe for the Tate Gallery, did posters for Shell Petroleum, he created designs for Wedgwood china and the wall murals he did for Lady Edwina Mountbatten...
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20th Century Books
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Piedmontese Furniture, First Edition
By Elio Quaglino
Located in valatie, NY
Il Mobile Piemontese (Piedmontese Furniture.) Milan: Görlich Editore, 1997. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 204 pp. Italian text. A beautiful book on the history of carved Piedmont furniture...
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Italian 20th Century Books
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Paper
Design in America the Cranbrook Vision, 1925-1950 by Robert Judson Clark
By Robert Judson Clark
Located in valatie, NY
Design in America: the Cranbrook vision, 1925-1950 by Robert Judson Clark. Abrams, in association with the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Metropol...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Splendors of Hard Stones, The Court Art in Florence of the Grand Dukes
By Annamarie Giusti
Located in valatie, NY
Splendors of Hard Stones, The Court Art in Florence of the Grand Dukes by Annamarie Giusti. Florence: Giunti Publishing. 1st Edition paper back with text in Italian, 1988. 278 pp. An...
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Italian 20th Century Books
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Collecting American 19th Century Silver by Katherine Morrison McClinton
Located in valatie, NY
Collecting American 19th century silver by Katherine Morrison McClinton. New York: Bonanza Books, 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket, 280 pp. A survey of 19th century American silver...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
Two Volume Set on European Ceramic Art, Pair of 1st Ed's Books
By W.B. Honey
Located in valatie, NY
A two volume set on European Ceramic Art. 1.) European Ceramic Art from the end of the Middle Ages to circa 1815. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1952. 1st Ed hardcover with no dust jacket. 788 pp. A comprehensive dictionary of European ceramic art including extensive information on factories, artists, technical terms, and much more. 2.) European Ceramic Art by W...
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English 20th Century Books
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Paper
Il Mobile Romano by Goffredo Lizzani
By Goffredo Lizzani
Located in valatie, NY
Il Mobile Romano by Goffredo Lizzani. Novara: Istituto Geografico De Agostini, 1997. Reprint from 1972 edition hardcover with dust jacket. 169 pp. Italian text. One in a series of se...
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Italian 20th Century Books
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Paper
American Primitive Painting by Jean Lipman
By Jean Lipman
Located in valatie, NY
American Primitive painting by Jean Lipman. New York: Oxford University Press, 1945. Hardcover with no dust jacket. 157 pp. One of the firs...
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American 20th Century Books
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Paper
"Antique Silver and Silver Collecting by John Culme and John G. Strang" Book
By John Gulme, John G. Strang
Located in valatie, NY
Antique Silver and Silver Collecting by John Culme and John G. Strang. London: The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1973. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 96 pp. A great resource book on collecting antique silver...
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English 20th Century Books
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Paper
The Genius of the Garden by Peter Verney and Michael Dunne, 1st Edition
By Michael Dunne, Peter Verney
Located in valatie, NY
The Genius of the Garden by Peter Verney and Michael Dunne. Exeter: Webb & Bower Publishers Limited, 1989. 1st Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 120 pp. A beautiful book on the ele...
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English 20th Century Books
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Paper
Correct Woodwork for the Colonial Home (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A very useful and interesting pamphlet dating from 1930 which was produced by the Morgan Woodwork Organization to show the designs for Colonial style of Woodwork and how it should be...
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20th Century Books
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Uecker - Dieter Honisch - 1st Edition, Harry N. Abrams, 1986
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1986.
With an extensive, in-depth text from Dieter Honisch, this scarce book documents the work of painter, sculptor and perfo...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Definitively Unfinished Marcel Duchamp, Pre Publication Review Edition
By Thierry de Duve
Located in valatie, NY
The Definitively Unfinished Marcel Duchamp by Thierry De Duve. Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 1991. Pre-Publication advance first edition hardcover with dust...
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American 20th Century Books
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Dunlaps & Their Furniture, First Edition
By The Currier Art Gallery
Located in valatie, NY
“The Dunlaps and Their Furniture”. Manchester: The Currior Gallery of Art, 1970. First edition softcover. 310 pp. An exhibition catalogue of Dunlap furniture...
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American 20th Century Books
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A Personal View: Photography in the Collection of Paul F. Walter, 1st Ed
By John Pultz
Located in valatie, NY
A Personal View: Photography in the Collection of Paul F. Walter by John Pultz. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1985. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 136 pp. with 19 refere...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Mallett Millennium, Fine Antique Furniture and Works of Art, Lanto Synge
By Lanto Synge
Located in valatie, NY
Mallett Millennium, Fine Antique Furniture and Works of Art, first edition by Lanto Synge. Mallett Milliennium, 2006, Antique Collectors' Club. ...
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English 20th Century Books
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Drawings and Digressions by Larry Rivers, First Edition
By Larry Rivers
Located in valatie, NY
Drawings and Digressions by Larry Rivers. Clarkson N. Potter, New York, 1979. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 263 pp. Foreword by John Ashbery with 285 illustrations and ph...
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American 20th Century Books
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In Praise of America, American Decorative Arts, 1650-1830, First Edition
By Wendy A. Cooper
Located in valatie, NY
In Praise of America, American Decorative Arts, 1650-1830 by Wendy A. Cooper. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1980. Stated first American edition hardcover with dust jacket. 280 pp. ...
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American 20th Century Books
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Il Mobile Lombardo by Clelia Alberici
By Clelia Alberici
Located in valatie, NY
Il Mobile Lombardo by Clelia Alberici. Novara: Istituto Geografico De Agostini, 1997. Reprint from 1969 edition hardcover with dust jacket. 264 pp. Italian text. One in a series of s...
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Italian 20th Century Books
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Regency Furniture by Clifford Musgrave, First Edition
By Clifford Musgrave
Located in valatie, NY
Regency furniture, 1800-1830 by Clifford Musgrave. NY: Thomas Yoseloff, 1961. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. Musgrave was curator of the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, the ep...
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American 20th Century Books
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Stately Mansions, 18th Century Paris Architecture, First Edition
By Michel Gallet
Located in valatie, NY
Stately Mansions, 18th century Paris Architecture by Michel Gallet. NY: Praeger Publishers,1972. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 196 pp. A...
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American 20th Century Books
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18th Century Houses of Williamsburg by Marcus Whiffen
By Marcus Whiffen
Located in valatie, NY
18th Century Houses of Williamsburg by Marcus Whiffen. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia, 4th printing 1970. 223 pp., with 150 B/W illustrations. A comprehensi...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Rockwell's Complete Guide to Successful Gardening
By Frederick F. Rockwell, Esther C. Grayson
Located in valatie, NY
The Rockwell's Complete Guide to Successful Gardening. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1965. First edition second printing hardcover with dust jacket. 571 pp. A gardener's st...
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American 20th Century Books
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Peggy Moffitt and William Claxton, The Rudi Gernreich 'Book'
By William Claxton, Peggy Moffitt
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Rizzoli, New York , 1991
Discover the true extent to Rudi Gernbreich deep-rooted influence upon the fashion world. A master of form and shape, comfort ...
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American 20th Century Books
Hans Richter, Hans Richter
By Hans Richter
Located in London, GB
First edition, published by Thames and Hudson, 1971.
Pioneer of Dada and the Experimental Film.
This book is both an autobiography of Hans Richter’s life, and an artist monogra...
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British Vintage 20th Century Books
Imaginary Postcards -Jonathan Williams, Tom Phillips- 1st Edition, Trigram, 1975
By Jonathan Williams, Tom Phillips
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Trigram Press, London, 1975.
A collaborative book of disorientating and ethereal poetry and artworks by Jonathan Williams and Tom Phillips...
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British 20th Century Books
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Chinese Export Porcelain in North America by Jean McClure Mudge, 1st Ed
By Jean McClure Mudge
Located in valatie, NY
Chinese Export Porcelain in North America by Jean McClure Mudge. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. Clarkson Potter, 1986, NY. 417 photos 250 in color. Extensively rese...
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American Vintage 20th Century Books
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Ruth & Skitch Henderson's Seasons in the Country, Signed First Edition
By Ruth and Skitch Henderson
Located in valatie, NY
Ruth and Skitch Henderson's Seasons in the Country, good food for family and friends. New York: Penguin Books USA, 1990. Signed first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 192 pp. Skit...
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American 20th Century Books
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Check Points on How to Buy Oriental Rugs by Charles W. Jacobsen
Located in valatie, NY
“Check Points on How to Buy Oriental Rugs” book by Charles W. Jacobsen. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company: Publishers, 1972. Third printing hardcover with ...
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American 20th Century Books
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c.1930 French Silk Book Cover "Souvenir de France"
Located in Chicago, IL
Great handmade French book cover portraying children playing with kittens.
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French 20th Century Books
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Silk
Bauhaus
Located in Richmond, VA
Vintage paperback coffee table book featuring the infamous German art school, The Staatliches Bauhaus. By Hans M. Wingler, published in 1980. Fourth edition, 658 pages.
"The Bauhaus...
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Vintage 20th Century Books
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Rolling Stone: The Photographs - Tom Wolfe 1st Edition 1989
Located in London, GB
First Edition, published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 1989.
With a predictably brilliant preface by the writer Tom Wolfe, this large format book contains 150 pictures by 35 of the...
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Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
1991 Decorative Antique Automobile Prints Portfolio of 6 Clarence P. Hornung
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Decorative Antique Automobile Prints, A portfolio of 6 Self-Matted Full-Color Prints, Clarence P. Hornung
1991 by Dover Publications INC New York
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American Modern 20th Century Books
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Patti Smith ‘Goldmine’ 1988 'Vintage Patti Smith'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Rare 1980s Patti Smith collectible:
Vintage 1988 "Gold Mine" magazine (complete edition approximate 50pgs) featuring a frame-able Patti Smith cover that m...
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Vintage 20th Century Books
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Mobilier Regence, Louis XV by Monica Burckhardt, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Mobilier Regence, Louis XV by Monica Burckhardt. Editions Charles Massin, Paris, 1976. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 80p photos and text of early 18th century furniture i...
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French Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
Mobilier Normand by Lucile Oliver, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Mobilier Normand by Lucile Oliver. Ch. Massin, Paris, 1976. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 84pp illustrated throughout with color photographs and b&w map of French furniture from...
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French Vintage 20th Century Books
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Paper
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